Materials Lab

Overview of Services

This laboratory is part of the College of Engineering Common Labs Core. The goal of the Common Lab is to provide a high impact learning environment where theoretical knowledge gained in the classrooms is experienced in the laboratory. It is expected that a student completing an experiment or set of experiments will have a stronger understanding of the concepts taught in the theory courses and how these are represented in reality.

The Common Materials Laboratory will enable students to learn how processing affects material properties, how properties influence their designs, and how they can design materials to obtain novel, multifunctional performance for innovative applications in all engineering fields. The Common Materials Laboratory will support students during the undergraduate curriculum by taking them through the full range of experiences from discovering material behavior to making materials that meet requirements for new designs.

  

Leadership

David Staack - COE Director Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction

Shei Sia Su - ZACH CL Technical Lab Coordinator

 

 

 

Location and hours of operation

Hours	Location
8am-8pm (see equipment specific schedules)	Texas A&M University College of Engineering College Station TX 77843

https://zachry.tamu.edu/common-labs/

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Shei Sia Su	Technical Lab Manager	979.458.2482	sheisiasu@tamu.edu
Ramalakshmi Akella	Technician	979.862.1706	rakella@tamu.edu

Available Equipment and Resources

▼ ► ADMIN Only (3)

Name Price Axial Torsion Machine View calendar Creep Test Apparatus View calendar Power Placeholder View calendar

▼ ► AERO Workstation (1)

Name Price AERO 214 & AERO 307 workstations View calendar

▼ ► Corrosion Testing (1)

Name Price Corrosion Potentiostat with electrochemical cell, Interface 1010E View calendar

▼ ► Heat Treatment (5)

Name Price Box Furnace View calendar Box Furnace View calendar High Temperature Furnace View calendar Rapid Heating Furnace View calendar Tube Furnace (up to 1500 deg C) View calendar

▼ ► Material Characterization (13)

Name Price Analysis Station for XRD View calendar Benchtop Phenom XL SEM with EDS View calendar Density Measurement Kit View calendar Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) View calendar Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) View calendar Electronic Workstations View calendar Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer View calendar High Speed Camera View calendar Measurement Tools View calendar Miniflex Benchtop X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) View calendar Polarized Optical Microscopes View calendar Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) View calendar UV-Visible Spectrophotometer View calendar

▼ ► Material Testing (7)

Name Price Brinnel Hardness Tester View calendar DIC Camera View calendar Durometer View calendar Force Gauge View calendar Rockwell Hardness Testers View calendar Vicker Hardness View calendar Vise + Torque Wrench View calendar

▼ ► Mechanical Testing (7)

Name Price Auto Tensile Tester (Labthink) View calendar Benchtop Instron 68TM-10 View calendar Floor Standing Universal Testing Machine (INSTRON) View calendar Research Use (Charged) Mon-Fri 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM External Academic $60.00 /hr External Federal $60.00 /hr Floor Standing Universal Testing Machine + Environmental Chamber (INSTRON) View calendar Pendulum Impact Tester View calendar Rotating Fatigue Machine View calendar TecQuipment Rotating Fatigue Machine View calendar

▼ ► Rolling Mill (1)

Name Price Rolling Mill View calendar

▼ ► Sample Preparation (10)

Name Price Abrasive Cutter, Buehler AbrasiMet 250 View calendar Balance View calendar Carbon coater, Cressington 108C View calendar Carver Benchtop Laboratory Manual Press View calendar Fume Hood View calendar Low Speed Cutter, IsoMet 1000 View calendar pH/Conductivity Meter View calendar Semi-automatic Grinder Polisher, EcoMet 30 View calendar Stir Plate and Hot Plate View calendar Wood Moisture Meter View calendar

▼ ► VR Simulation (1)

Name Price VR- Metal Tensile Test/ CNC machining View calendar